Bill T writes
>
>The prime issue is contact with stores.
>
>How long can bees survive without such contact and what are the factors
>that prevent contact?
>
>The best information I have come up with so far is the bees will last about
>two days without food, but that is a shaky number because of a lot of
>variables.

my comments
Can not recall the source but 72 hours is what I remember. Marzz would have suggested part of the problem could have been a very high egg laying queen. Taber might have pointed towards NO communication holes in those frames. 

I would suggest that sugar syrup will not be picked up by bees at tempatures below 55 degrees.

As you suggest there are multiple varibles to consider.

Gene Ash

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